Photos: Some zoo animals enjoying cold weather

The extreme cold forced the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium to close Tuesday, but for some of the animals, like Koda the polar bear, it was just another day outside.

“Actually, the bears love this type of weather. Up in the arctic and around Alaska, it can get 80 (degrees) below zero. So, I think this morning I saw minus 11 on my car thermostat, so, yeah, they love it and they'll actually get in the water as well,” said Dwayne Biggs, curator of aquatic life.

The indoor temperature is kept near 81 degrees for reptiles, which is ideal for the Komodo dragon and the American alligator, who stay warm with hanging heaters and heated floors

They were brought in months ago and will likely say there until around Memorial Day. “So I get a lot of good feeding response from my animals. They eat better in the wintertime in this building than they do outdoors in the summer,” said Ray Bamrick, lead reptile keeper.

The extreme cold forced the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium to close Tuesday, but for some of the animals, like Koda the polar bear, it was just another day outside.

“Actually, the bears love this type of weather. Up in the arctic and around Alaska, it can get 80 (degrees) below zero. So, I think this morning I saw minus 11 on my car thermostat, so, yeah, they love it and they'll actually get in the water as well,” said Dwayne Biggs, curator of aquatic life.

The indoor temperature is kept near 81 degrees for reptiles, which is ideal for the Komodo dragon and the American alligator, who stay warm with hanging heaters and heated floors

They were brought in months ago and will likely say there until around Memorial Day. “So I get a lot of good feeding response from my animals. They eat better in the wintertime in this building than they do outdoors in the summer,” said Ray Bamrick, lead reptile keeper.